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Pannonian Rusyn
Etymology
From оцов (ocov) + -щина (-ščina). Compare Ukrainian ба́тьківщина (bátʹkivščyna), dialectal вітці́вщина (vitcívščyna) and отці́вщина (otcívščyna). For sense 2, compare Polish ojczyzna.
Pronunciation
Noun
оцовщина (ocovščina) f
- fatherland, motherland, homeland
- paternal inheritance
Declension
References
- Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “оцовщина”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
- Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “fatherland”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 111